Nick Ferris

When ministers go out to bat for the government's position banning new drilling in the North Sea , there are two arguments that tend to be the focus.

ANALYSIS: Proponents of keeping North Sea oil and gas in the ground are repeatedly focusing on energy security and economic arguments. But it is only by making the climate argument that they will actually win the debate, explains Nick Ferris

The government is betting on private investors to fill the gap in the UK's provision of climate aid and support after last year's sweeping cuts

The UK's current record-breaking heatwave has the “fingerprints of climate change all over it,” a leading climate scientist has told The

‘It’s clearly exceptional when the May temperature record falls not once but twice in two days’

France is to prioritise foreign aid programmes that areas where the country has a strong self-interest or expertise, the country's global development

Exclusive: Minister for international partnerships Éléonore Caroit – whose role was renamed from minister for development last year – says that France was now explicitly seeking returns from its diplomatic relationships.

The UN must start taking more risks and not only be led by bureaucratic elements, Rebeca Grynspan, a leading candidate for the UN secretary general said at a hustings event at the think tank Chatham House on Friday.

A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 24, 2026 thru Sat, May 30, 2026.

Jenny Chapman says a UK team working ‘incredibly hard' in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but that the world is ‘under responding' to the outbreak – a crisis she expects to last ‘for months'